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Lot 124

* [Lord Napier of Magdala]. An Abyssinian Shield, circa 1868, circular domed shield made from hide and decorated in blind, with white metal strapwork and floral appliqué, two strips lifting, one metal strip and several floral mounts now missing, the reverse with carrying handle, leather to the reverse torn and frayed, RUSI (Royal United Service Museum) collection tags tied on, 55 cm diameter (Qty: 1)The RUSI entry reads: '1789. Leather Shield from Abyssinia, with silver plates for decoration. Given by Lord Napier of Magdala.' The RUSI Museum was dispersed in 1962, when the shield probably went to the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Canada, from where it was deaccessioned in recent years. Lord Napier of Magdala (1810-1890) achieved his greatest fame as an army officer when he led the expedition of 1868 against Emperor Tewodros II of Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia). The Abyssinian ruler was holding a number of Protestant missionaries hostage, in his mountain capital of Magdala, as well as two British diplomats who had attempted to negotiate their freedom. After months of planning, the advance guard of engineers landed at Zula on the Red Sea to construct a port on 30 October 1867; Napier himself arrived in Zula on 2 January 1868, and on 25 January 1868 led his troops south into the Ethiopian Highlands. After traversing 400 miles of mountainous terrain in inhospitable weather, Napier's troops reached the foot of Magdala on 9 April 1868 and, the next day, defeated the 9,000 troops still loyal to Tewodros at the Battle of Magdala for the loss of only two British lives. Although Emperor Tewodros surrendered his hostages and made repeated efforts for a negotiated surrender, the distrustful Napier pressed on and ordered an assault on the mountain redoubt on 13 April 1868. The British captured Magdala, and Emperor Tewodros killed himself. Napier then ordered the destruction of Tewodros' artillery and the burning of Magdala as retribution. This included the expedition and its troops looting many local artifacts, which they took back to Britain. Napier was elevated to the peerage as Baron Napier of Magdala on 11 July 1868 and granted an annuity for life.

Lot 140

* Swiss Alps. A group of seven photographs of Swiss Alpine views, circa 1910, gelatin silver prints, 14.5 x 20cm, pencil initials and English captions to stiff card mounts, together with a group of approximately 50 mostly postally unused early 20th-century postcards, mainly views of the Alps and Pyrenees, together with some further ephemera relating to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Fox [of Fox Brothers, woollen manufacturers], from Wellington, Somerset, including four late 19th and early 20th-century letters with some mountaineering interest and a Ladies' Alpine Club menu for 7 December 1910, the ephemera housed in a contemporary limp cloth travel wallet (Qty: a folder)

Lot 432

* Cookery Medals. A collection of 23 Universal Cookery & Food Exhibition prize medals, c.1900-30, comprising 7 silver medals, including a 1922 circular medal engraved “Miss Senn’s Prize”, 40mm diameter, 3 silver-gilt medals and 12 bronze all with original leather case individually dated (Qty: 23)Ida Marguerite Senn (1885-1958) was the daughter of Charles Hermon Senn who was born in Lirstal, Switzerland, in 1864, and died in London, on 18 October 1934. His training in cookery was classical, gained in the cities of Europe and under Francatelli at the Reform Club in London. Senn was involved with the Universal Cookery and Food Association from its inception as the Culinary Society in 1885, first as Honorary Secretary, later as Honorary Director. He edited the association's year-book, The Cookery Annual, from its first publication in 1894.

Lot 433

* Cookery Medals. A collection of Bakery prize medals, c.1900-50, comprising 24 silver (combined weight approximately 23oz) including an oval medal presented to William Decker in for Second Best Household Bread at the International Bakery Exhibition 1913, another to Decker for Hovis Co's White Bread, South Essex 1914, 40mm diameter, together with 36 bronze and gilt metal prize medals (Qty: 60)

Lot 434

* Cookery Medals. A collection of Universal Cookery & Food Exhibition prize medals c.1880-1930, comprising 16 silver medals including Artistic Cookery Exposition awarded to E. Langford for Exhibit of Dressed Fish 1886, 50mm diameter, together with 13 bronze and gilt metal medals, all with dated presentation case (Qty: 29)

Lot 435

* Cookery Medals. A collection of Universal Cookery & Food Exhibition prize medals c.1905-1930, comprising 9 silver and 11 bronze plus a mixed collection of approximately 23 silver and gilt metal cookery medals including Edith Clarke Medal The National Training School of Cookery silver medal awarded to Patricia May Clark in a leather presentation case (Qty: 43)

Lot 436

* Cookery Medals. A collection of Universal Cookery & Food Exhibition prize medals c.1890-1910, comprising 15 silver medals including one awarded to J Wirz 1893, 45mm diameter (combinesd weight approximately 15.5oz), together with 10 bronze medals (Qty: 25)

Lot 437

* Cookery Medals. A very mixed collection of cookery medals c. 1890-1930, comprising 16 silver medals and enamel badges plus 26 bronze and gilt-metal medals and badges mostly relating to the Universal Cookery & Food Exhibition (Qty: 42)

Lot 438

* Cakeoma. A collection of 13 commemorative silver spoons c.1910-20, including 11 Liverpool related spoons, each bowl engraved "Cakeoma", together with some related ephemera including 28 recipe booklets and The Housewife's Guide to Cakemaking (Qty: 39)

Lot 461

Nutt (Frederic). The Complete Confectioner, or the Whole Art of Confectionary , made easy; with Receipts for Liqueures, Home-made Wines, &c., 5th edition, 1808, engraved frontispiece, 10 engraved plates (two folding), some dampstaining, contemporary calf, joints cracked, covers rubbed and marked, 12mo, with Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. (Publishers) , The Housekeeper's Assistant: Containing 330 Receipts for Confectionary, Preserving, and Pickling, 1836, six lithograph plates of bills of fare, title with contemporary annotation 'by Mrs Ball for many years Housekeeper of the Countess of Dartmouth', scattered spotting, original cloth, rebacked, faded and few marks, small 8vo, with Marshall (Agnes B.). Fancy Ices, circa 1920s, numerous black & white illustrations to text, 30 pages publisher's advertisements at rear, original blue cloth, blocked in silver and black, 4to, together with another edition of the same work, with The Book of Ices, Including Cream and Water Ices, Sorbets..., with Names in French and English and Various Coloured Designs for Ices, 12th thousand edition, circa 1920s, four chromolithograph plates, including frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations to text, some browning, original blue cloth, slim 8vo, plus four others, including The Italian Confectioner; or, Complete Economy of Desserts by W.A. Jarrin, new edition, revised & enlarged, 1861 (Qty: 12)

Lot 505

Hayward (J.F.) . Virtuoso Goldsmiths, and the Triumph of Mannerism, 1540-1620,1st edition, 1976, numerous black & white illustrations, minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with, Sotheby's [publisher] , Robert de Balkany, Rue de Varenne, Paris, 2 volumes, 2016, numerous colour illustrations, original wrappers in slipcase, 4to, and Rothwell (James) , Silver for Entertaining, The Ickworth Collection, 2017, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus approximately 50 further volumes of gold, silver & other precious metal art reference, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 2 Cartons)

Lot 530

Fleming (Ian) . The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st edition, 1962, original black cloth with silver gilt dagger, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with, Mascetti (Daniela & Triossi, Amanda) , Bulgari, 1st edition, 1996, Abbeville Press, New York, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and, Pullman (Philip) , The Subtle Knife, 2nd edition,1997, The Amber Spyglass , 1st edition, 1997, both with book plates signed by the author, original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, plus other modern fiction & art reference, including The Complete Tales of Hans Christian Anderson, 2 volumes, 2005, Folio Society, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, VG (Qty: 3 shelves)

Lot 74

Peary (Robert E.) Northward over the "Great Ice". A Narrative of Life and Work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of Northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, 1898, portrait frontispieces (one with small repaired tear), maps and illustrations, presentation inscription, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt and silver, a few light marks, 8vo, together with The North Pole, 1st English edition, 1910, folding map, half-tone illustrations, a little light spotting, presentation inscription, original cloth gilt contained in original box (rubbed with a few stains), 4to (Qty: 2)Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Lot 87

Shackleton (E. H.) The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1909, frontispieces, three folding maps and folding panorama contained in volume II rear pocket, numerous half-tone illustrations, endpapers a little toned, contemporary presentation inscription, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, upper covers blocked in silver, spines faded, split along volume II lower joint, a little rubbed and bumped, 4to, together with Mawson (Douglas) The Home of the Blizzard. Being the Story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1915, three folding maps contained in volume II rear pocket, numerous maps, plates and illustrations, a few colour, a little minor spotting and toning, hinges reinforced, original cloth gilt, upper cover with vignette blocked in silver, spines faded (volume I spine repaired), 4to (Qty: 4)Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Lot 101

TWO TRAYS OF SILVER PLATED WARE ETC

Lot 104

TWO BOXES OF SILVER PLATED METALWARE TO INCLUDE TRAYS ETC

Lot 106

A TRAY OF MOSTLY SILVER PLATED METALWARE

Lot 149

A TRAY OF SILVER PLATED METALWARE TO INCLUDE AN ICE BUCKET AND COCKTAIL SHAKER, GOBLETS ETC.

Lot 187

A TRAY OF PEWTER AND SILVER PLATED METALWARE TOGETHER WITH A TRAY OF ASSORTED SUNDRIES TO INCLUDE AN ARTHUR WOODS JUG

Lot 198

A TRAY OF ASSORTED METALWARE TO INCLUDE SILVER PLATED CANDLE STICKS, BOTTLE COASTERS ETC

Lot 286

A QUANTITY OF SILVER PLATED FLATWARE

Lot 329

A SELECTION OF ASSORTED WALKING STICKS AND CANES TO INCLUDE SILVER COLLARED EXAMPLES

Lot 361

A QUANTITY OF CASED SILVER PLATED FLATWARE

Lot 420

TWO VICTORIAN HALLMARKED SILVER TABLE SPOONS TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF OTHER FLATWARE ETC. TO INCLUDE A SILVER CAKE FORK

Lot 421

A MOTHER OF PEARL HANDLED HALLMARKED SILVER BLADED PEN KNIFE TOGETHER WITH A TORTOISE SHELL AND SILVER EXAMPLE, SILVER PLATED VESTA CASE ETC. (4)

Lot 422

A HALLMARKED SILVER TABLE SPOON, TOGETHER WITH A HALLMARKED SILVER TEA SPOON AND ANOTHER (3)

Lot 423

A HALLMARKED SILVER FOB ON WHITE METAL CHAIN

Lot 424

A BAG OF SILVER JEWELLERY ETC.

Lot 425

A PAIR OF SCOTTISH EDINBURGH HALLMARKED SILVER SUGAR TONGS

Lot 426

A BAG OF HALLMARKED SILVER AND OTHER TEASPOONS

Lot 429

A HALLMARKED SILVER BANGLE IN BOX

Lot 431

A SILVER AND NIELLO BANGLE

Lot 432

THREE ENGRAVED SILVER LOCKETS ON CHAINS

Lot 433

A BAG OF VINTAGE SILVER JEWELLERY TO INCLUDE A BANGLE

Lot 434

FOUR VINTAGE SILVER DRESS RINGS

Lot 435

A BAG OF HALLMARKED SILVER ETC TO INCLUDE NAPKIN RING ETC

Lot 436

A SILVER AND GUILLOCHE ENAMEL COMPACT

Lot 437

A BAG OF SILVER ETC TO INCLUDE A POCKET WATCH A/F, BROOCHES ETC

Lot 438

FOUR BOXED SILVER CHARMS

Lot 439

A LARGE ENGRAVED OVAL SILVER LOCKET ON CHAIN

Lot 440

A VICTORIAN SILVER CROWN MEDALLION ON CHAIN

Lot 441

A GENTS SILVER ID BRACELET

Lot 442

A BAG OF VINTAGE SILVER JEWELLERY ETC

Lot 443

A BOX OF WHITE METALWARE TO INCLUDE A HALLMARKED SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, HIP FLASK, LIGHTERS ETC

Lot 444

AN ANTIQUE HALLMARKED SILVER COIN PURSE

Lot 456

A SILVER BLUE AND BROWN STONE SET RING

Lot 457

A PAIR OF SILVER AND RUBY STUD EARRINGS

Lot 461

AN ANTIQUE SILVER FOB WATCH ON ALBERTINA CHAIN

Lot 462

A VINTAGE SILVER FOB WATCH ON ALBERTINA CHAIN

Lot 464

TWO SILVER TRENCH TYPE WATCHES, ONE MARKED VICTOR 529336

Lot 466

A VICTORIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL FOB WATCH ON CHAIN

Lot 467

A SILVER HALF HUNTER POCKET WATCH BY WALTHAM

Lot 468

AN ANTIQUE SILVER POCKET WATCH

Lot 469

A VICTORIAN SILVER FULL HUNTER POCKET WATCH

Lot 470

A SILVER FOB WATCH TOGETHER WITH A GOLD PLATE ADMIRAL POCKET WATCH AND ANOTHER (3)

Lot 471

A SILVER FOB WATCH TOGETHER WITH A SILVER TRENCH TYPE WATCH

Lot 489

A COLLECTION OF ASSORTED JEWELLERY TO INCLUDE SILVER DRAGON STYLE BRACELET

Lot 497

AN 1827 GEORGE IV MILLED SILVER SHILLING

Lot 498

AN 1889 VICTORIAN SILVER CROWN TOGETHER WITH A SHAEFFER PEN, AND A FAUX PEARL NECKLACE

Lot 499

A COLLECTION OF ASSORTED BROOCHES, SILVER NECKLACES ETC

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